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Matthew Slick is silhouetted by the purple light as the Navajo Council Chamber is lit in rainbow colors for Pride on June 28 in Window Rock, Ariz., the capital of the Navajo Nation.

Arts

Navajo Nation's LGBTQ Pride Event Celebrates A Return To The Culture's History

10:00am July 11, 2019

by Cayla Nimmo

Last month, photographer Cayla Nimmo documented the scenes of Diné Pride in Window Rock, Ariz. The festivities were in the shadow of the Navajo Nation's same-sex marriage ban.

Daily News

Grant To Provide Guilford Students Access To LGBTQ-Themed Books

12:08pm July 08, 2019

by Neal Charnoff

A gay advocacy group in the Triad has received a grant to help give local students access to LGBTQ-inclusive books. It's among the programs being funded by the Guilford Green Foundation.

Lil Miss Hot Mess reads to children during a Drag Queen Story Hour in Brooklyn, NY. The event is held in libraries across the country, including, in the past, at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

National

While WorldPride Rolls, 2 LGBTQ Events Are Canceled Due To Safety Concerns

6:24pm June 30, 2019

by Josh Axelrod

"Storybook Pride Prom" in Jacksonville, Fla., and Drag Queen Story Hour in Pittsburgh were canceled this weekend after both events' organizers decided they could not ensure a safe space.

Jerry Miller and his wife, Bea, at the picnic. The couple wears matching T-shirts that read "Gay? Fine by me."

National

'I Didn't Think It Was Possible': North Carolina City Rings In Its First LGBTQ Pride

5:25pm June 22, 2019

by Monique LaBorde

Organizer Laura Bannister says no one should have to leave their community to celebrate Pride. Despite some resistance from the community, the city was overwhelmed by the turnout.

Singer Anita Bryant (right) is led to the voting booth at her Miami Beach polling place by volunteer Leah Dezen in 1977. Bryant was the leader of the opposition group Save Our Children, whose members pushed for the repeal of a gay-rights ordinance in Miam

The Culture Wars Live On Between The LGBTQ Rights Movement And The Religious Right

10:12pm June 20, 2019

by Leila Fadel

An uprising around a New York bar, Stonewall Inn, 50 years ago sparked a movement pushing for LGBTQ civil rights. The success of that movement saw a powerful backlash from the modern religious right.

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, pictured earlier this month, has settled a lawsuit by same-sex couples who argued their rights were violated by faith-based adoption agencies that don't want to work with gays and lesbians.

National

State-Funded Adoption Agencies In Michigan Barred From Refusing LGBTQ Parents

9:39pm March 22, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Attorney General Dana Nessel reached a settlement with the ACLU. It requires agencies not to discriminate against gay people who want to adopt or foster children referred by the state.

A performer who goes by Beatrix Lestrange organized and hosted the No Border Wall Protest Drag Show in Brownsville, Texas.

National

Texas 'Dragtavist' Drag Queens Stage Border Wall Protest

10:33am February 26, 2019

by Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

"We'll try to bring joy, positivity, beauty, drag, culture to whatever this is," Beatrix Lestrange said, pointing to the section of the border fence directly behind her.

Daron Smith, left, and his husband, Chris Finley, right, worship at a Sunday morning service at Lafayette Park United Methodist Church in St. Louis, Mo. Smith, a lifelong United Methodist, said he feels hopeful ahead of a vote on LGBTQ ordination and same

United Methodist Church To Debate LGBTQ Clergy And Same-Sex Weddings

8:29am February 23, 2019

by Shahla Farzan

United Methodists are among the last mainline Protestant denominations to address the issue, and some worry it could cause a major rift in the church.

Songwriter Amy Ray Brings New Album 'Holler' To The Ramkat

6:00am October 29, 2018

by Eddie Garcia

As one half of the Grammy-winning folk duo Indigo Girls, songwriter Amy Ray has been releasing music for over 30 years.

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Politics & Government

'Bathroom Bill' Fight To Continue After Judge's Ruling

2:46pm October 01, 2018

by Paul Garber

The legal fight over the state's controversial bathroom bill is not over.

A federal judge is allowing part of a lawsuit challenging the measure that replaced HB2 to continue.